Re: [WISPA] Cell tower wattage

2006-09-08 Thread Jon Langeler
I can give you an idea of what 3G or WIMAX stuff is putting out. Product independent, I'm seeing it's typical to have 22-32dbm output plus antenna gain which is commonly anywhere from 11-16db. This is for the downlink(base station)... The uplink(CPE/phone) is almost always the limitation with t

Re: [WISPA] Cell tower wattage

2006-09-08 Thread Blake Bowers
, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cell tower wattage PCS sites can transmit close to 1500 watts per sector EIRP I believe. They also use as many as 4 antennas per sector to help regenerate the received signal from the sub-1 watt client handsets. Licensed WiMAX uses many of the same power and multi

Re: [WISPA] Cell tower wattage

2006-09-08 Thread John Scrivner
PCS sites can transmit close to 1500 watts per sector EIRP I believe. They also use as many as 4 antennas per sector to help regenerate the received signal from the sub-1 watt client handsets. Licensed WiMAX uses many of the same power and multi-sector antenna advantages. Scriv George Rogato

Re: [WISPA] Cell tower wattage

2006-09-08 Thread Blake Bowers
ERP or radio output? Normally the radios do 10-40 watts. - Original Message - From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: [WISPA] Cell tower wattage Anyone know how powerful the cell phone sites are? I'm try